Materials and Budget

After finding most of our materials on our construction site (such as adobe dirt and wood) there were only a few items needed, an adobera (adobe form) and some straw.  If we had to start from scratch, the cost of our project would have been around $175, not including the price of water.  By being lucky and resourceful, we only had to spend about $18.  A list of all our materials are as follows...

Materials

Dollars (hypothetical)

     Pesos           (actual cost)

Quantity

Where Obtained

adobiero

$14

$150

2

1 on site/1 bought

clay/dirt

$30

Free

aprox. 6 wheel barrows

on site

straw

$3.73

$40

1 bag

Store

wood scraps

$15

Free

many pieces

on site

water

?

?

50 gallons

on site

labor

$10/hr

Free

2 slave laborers for 4 hrs

Free and on site!

saw

$25

Free

1

on site

tape masure

$7

Free

1

on site

hoe

$13

Free

2

on site

shovel

$20

Free

1

on site

5 gal buckets

$2

Free

4

on site

paper pulp

$3

Free

100 pages

old homework

sand

$2

Free

1 bucket full

on site

Total

$174.73

190 ($17.74)

 

    

 

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